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Ergonomics for Supervisor - Computer Based Safety Training

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This interactive course can help you:

• Meet compliance-based safety requirements• Reduce risks of accidents and injury on and off the job• Lower insurance premiums, workers compensation claims and lost work hours• Improve employee morale and retention

This course provides supervisors with an understanding of the main elements of an Ergonomics Program based on OSHA industry guidelines and the NIOSH manual “Elements of Ergonomics Program.” The coverage includes preventative measures as well has how to respond when a possible injury is reported. It includes information on risk factors, signs, and symptoms of MSDs, common injuries, controls and safe work practices.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the terms: "muskuloskeletal disorder" (MSD) and "ergonomics."• Locate the most common parts of the body susceptible to MSDs.• Recognize the signs and symptoms of injury to the muscles, skeleton, and nervous system.• Classify some of the most common types of MSDs and their locations.• Identify risk factors and work activities most commonly related to injury of the muscles, skeleton, and nervous system.• Select controls and work practices that reduce and/or eliminate risk factors for injury to the muscles and skeleton.• Identify the core elements of an ergonomics program and the roles of the employer and employees in making the program successful.• Describe basic procedures for reporting MSD signs, symptoms and hazards in the jobs you supervise.• Illustrate the general sequence of events that employers should follow if an MSD, or its signs or symptoms, are reported.• Identify the elements of an ergonomics program and the roles of the employer and employees in making the program successful.

Intended Audience:

All persons who supervise individuals who have work activities that involve physical efforts involving lifting and handling materials/objects or activities that involve repetitive motions.